Thank you for the suggestion, Getting openblas through conda fixed my issue!
Best, Sophie ________________________________ From: Stefano Zampini <stefano.zamp...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, June 7, 2025 02:22 To: Blondel, Sophie <sblon...@utk.edu> Cc: Barry Smith <bsm...@petsc.dev>; PETSc users list <petsc-users@mcs.anl.gov> Subject: Re: [petsc-users] Error installing PETSc with --download-f2cblaslapack You don't often get email from stefano.zamp...@gmail.com. Learn why this is important<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!fRPijLKEBAl8N7xvy2EfJD49g9J48XyyMp2bPzgZfFToDOrXm2Gg9A-GFvU9EI-JN9H5-sR0OlqG4mY9sG7Ea43n$ > If conda is providing the external dependencies, why do you want download-f2cblaslapack and not use a conda provided one? Mkl or openblas for example Stefano On Sat, Jun 7, 2025, 02:20 Blondel, Sophie via petsc-users <petsc-users@mcs.anl.gov<mailto:petsc-users@mcs.anl.gov>> wrote: Correct, I tried a few different python versions and mpi versions, conda is providing the external dependencies. Maybe it wrongly points to some base builds instead of the specific environment I set up. Best, Sophie On Jun 6, 2025 7:12 PM, Barry Smith <bsm...@petsc.dev<mailto:bsm...@petsc.dev>> wrote: Send configure.log I assume you tried rerunning a few times? It seems like possibly a flaky filesystem problem. Barry On Jun 6, 2025, at 6:56 PM, Blondel, Sophie via petsc-users <petsc-users@mcs.anl.gov<mailto:petsc-users@mcs.anl.gov>> wrote: Hi, I am getting an error when trying to install PETSc with --download-f2cblaslapack on Linux: ============================================================================================= Installing F2CBLASLAPACK; this may take several minutes ============================================================================================= ********************************************************************************************* UNABLE to CONFIGURE with GIVEN OPTIONS (see configure.log for details): --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Error moving /home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-source/external/petsc/arch-linux-c-opt/externalpackages/f2cblaslapack-3.8.0.q2 libraries With the error in configure.log (which is accurate, the file is not present in the folder): ============================================================================================= Installing F2CBLASLAPACK; this may take several minutes ============================================================================================= Executing: ['mkdir', '-p', '/home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-build/external/petsc_install/lib'] Executing: ['cp', '-f', 'libf2clapack.a', 'libf2cblas.a', '/home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-build/external/petsc_install/lib'] stdout: cp: cannot stat 'libf2clapack.a': No such file or directory Error moving /home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-source/external/petsc/arch-linux-c-opt/externalpackages/f2cblaslapack-3.8.0.q2 libraries: Could not execute "[['mkdir', '-p', '/home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-build/external/petsc_install/lib'], ['cp', '-f', 'libf2clapack.a', 'libf2cblas.a', '/home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-build/external/petsc_install/lib']]": cp: cannot stat 'libf2clapack.a': No such file or directory The configure command is: ./configure --prefix=/home/sophie/Workspace/xolotl-stable-build/external/petsc_install --with-fc=0 --with-cuda=0 --with-mpi --with-openmp=0 --with-debugging=0 --with-shared-libraries --with-64-bit-indices --download-kokkos --download-kokkos-kernels --download-hdf5 --download-hdf5-configure-arguments=--enable-parallel --download-boost --download-f2cblaslapack --COPTFLAGS=-O3 --CXXOPTFLAGS=-O3 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The version of PETSc you are using is out-of-date, we recommend updating to the new release Available Version: 3.23.3 Installed Version: 3.22.2 Let me know what additional information I can provide to help identify the issue. Best, Sophie
